EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
taosc1, v.t. & i. (pp. ~tha). 1. Bail, pump, out; drain. Bád a thaoscadh, to bail a boat. Talamh a thaoscadh, to drain land. Uisce a thaoscadh, to draw off water. Bairille a thaoscadh, to empty a barrel. Ag ~adh fola, pouring blood. Ag ~adh na gcárt, na gcuach, draining the quarts, the goblets; drinking copiously. 2. Shovel. Ag ~adh créafóige, shovelling clay. Ag ~adh prátaí, earthing up potatoes.
taosc2, f = taoisc.
taosc3, m = taos1.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ taosctha, (i) pouring vessel, (ii) bailing vessel.
Galún, soitheach, taosctha, bailer.
Inneall taosctha, pumping-engine.
Is é ~ na farraige é, it is an impossible undertaking.